Car-rack.



0. E. SHULER L H. L. TEX.

CAR RACK.

APPLlcATLoN man JULY 24,1918.

1,295,806, Patented Feb. 25, 19l9.

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CAB-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb., 25, 1919.

Application filed July 24, 1918. Serial No. 246,566.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, OLIVER EDWARD SHULER and HENRY LEO Tnx, citizens of the United States, residing at Elma, in the county of Howard and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Racks, of which the 'following is a specication.

This invention relates to a rack which is adapted to be secured to .the frame or body. of an automobile, whether the frame or body is of touring car type or of a delivery truck type.

Another object of this invention is the production of a'simple and eiiicient bracket which is adapted to lbe secured to the body of an automobile for the purpose of conveniently supporting suitable articles such as spouting pipe andladders, etc.

With these and other objects inY view this invention consi-'sts of certain novel construetions, combinatlons and arrangements' of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Fi ure 1 is a to plan view of an automobi e .body showing the racks mounted thereon,

F ig.. 2 is a section taken through the forward portion of an automobile body, showing one end of the front rack,

Fig. 3 is a section taken through the rear portion of an automobile body, showing one end of the rear rack. l

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that l designates the body of the automobile which carries a plurality of supporting brackets 2 near the front end thereof, which brackets are provided with inwardly extending feet 3 through which feetI extend the securlng bolt 4 for firmly holding the feet 3 in engagement with the body 1. Each bracket 2 is provided-with a laterally extending upper end 5 which,y upper end 5 carries a bumper blockf for the purpose of preventing the upper end 5.of the bracket from injuring the fender or mud guard7. f

Each bracket 5 carries a vertically extending article supporting armV 8, the arms 8 being secured -to vthe bracket 2 by means of suitable pins.- The upper end of each. 4

arm' 8 is provided with a spout receiving rack 10 which comprises a pair of outwardly diverging arms carrying e es 11 at the upper ends thereof. suita le strap the rear door frame.

be understood that these larms 8 may be loof any desired construction may extend through these eyes/11 for the purpose of holding spouting or other articles within the rack 1 r Each arnS is provided with a ladder supporting bracket which is spaced from the arm 8 and is provided with an upwardly extending finger 12 carrying aneye 13 for understood that two of these arms 8 are supported near the front end of the automobile body. preferably in line with the /axle ofV the front wheels and the rear arms are lplaced in a position adjacent vor near It of course should cated in any convenient oridesired position upon the body of the automobile without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The two front arms 8 are connected by means of a transversely extending bar-'16 and these front arms 8 are braced by means of the rearwardly extending brace arms 17 which are connected to the dash board of the automobileor motor vehicle by means of eyes 18. As shown in Fig. 2 the transversely extending bar 16 carrles a'plurality of nuts 19, which nuts 19 firmly clamp the arms 8 and 17 and constitute an eiiicient securing means for lockingthe b ar 16 in engagement with the arms 17 and 8.

As shown in Fig. 3 the rear rack comprises a pair of vertically extending arms 20, these arms bein secured to the outer rolled ends 21 of the racket arms 22. The arms 20 of a rear lrack are provided with spout receiving racks 23 at their upper ends having eyes 24 carried upon the spaced arms of the rack 23. The rear rack arms 20 are provided with vertically extending outer fingers 25` los and vertially extending inner fingers 26 within the eyes 29 carried by the body of the vehicle adjacent the rear door frames thereof. The arms Q0 of the rear rack carry suitable eyes 30 within which eyes 30 t the hooks 31 of the transversely extending bracing bar 32. By considering Fig. 3 it will be seen that a very simple and ciicient means has been produced for the purpose of efficiently bracing thevertically extending arms 20 and holding the same in a proper position for conveniently supporting the material which is carried by the automobile.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a very simple and etlicient rack has been produced for attaching the same to a body of a 'motor vehicle, without injury to the body of the vehicle. By means of a particular rack described and illustrated, certain unliandy and cumbersome articles such as spouting, pipes and ladders may be supported and conveniently carried by the body of the automobile without injury to the body thereof. l

It of course should be understood that certain detail obvious mechanical changes may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit thereof, so long as these changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is I'. A rack of the class described comprising a pair of forward arms and a pair of rearward arms a. transversely extending bar connecting said forward armstogether, article supporting means carried by said arms, releasablebrace engaging said rearward arms, and means for connecting the lower ends of said arms to the body of a vehicle.

2. A rack for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of article supporting arms, each arm provided with a spouting supporting rack at the upper end thereof, a ladder supporting arm carried by the outer side of each irst mentioned arm, a pipe supporting bracket secured to the inner face of each arm, means for supporting said arms upon a vehicle, and said spout supporting rack, said ladder supporting arm and said pipeV supporting bracket provided with eyes formed 3. A rack of the class described comprising a plurality of article supporting arms,

bracing means for the upper ends of said arms, and rearwardly inclined bracing members secured to said arms and releasably held in engagement with the wind shield of a vehicle.

4. A rack of the class described comprising a plurality of supporting arms, a transverse brace connecting said supporting arms at their upper ends, a bracket carried by the lower end of each arm and provided with means for securing said bracket tothe body of a vehicle, said bracket provided with a. laterally' extending upper end, a block cai'- ried by said laterallyextendingiipper end and adapted to extend under the mud guard of a vehicle for shielding said mud guard from injury by said bracket, and a trans'- versely extending brace secured to tlie lower end of said arms and releasably secured in engagement with the body of a vehicle.

5. A rack of the class described comprising a forward rack, a rearward rack` eacli rack comprising a pair of vertically extending arms, means connected between said arms for bracing the saine against lateral swinging movement, rearwardly inclined bracing arms secured to said vertical arms and secured to the front of a support for preventing the forward swinging movement thereof, the vertically extending arms of saidrearward rack provided with inwardly projecting bracing fingers. and means carried bv the body of an automobile and adapted to e engaged by said bracing fingers for holding said arms of said rearward rack against laterally swinging movement.

ln testimon f whereof we aiix our sioiiatures in presence oftWo witnesses.

OLIVER EDWARD SHULER. HENRY LEO ITEX.

Witnesses:

REED ELwoon` F. D. ELwooD. 

